In the City: Foxtons Staff Faced Groping and Slurs at London Property Broker

Leaders with Francine Lacqua

Bloomberg

Management, Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.6 • 64 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Hosts Francine Lacqua and Allegra Stratton speak with Damian Shepherd, the reporter looking into allegations of misconduct at London real estate agency, Foxtons.

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1:15.8	Allegations of toxic work culture have been making headlines in the UK recently.
1:21.0	Think high-profile institutions like McDonald's UK and Ireland, insurance exchange,
1:26.2	Lloyds of London, hedge fund, OD asset management and prestigious real estate from Savils.
1:32.2	In fact, figures from the Office for National Statistics show more than a quarter of sexual harassment cases take place in the workplace.
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1:40.6	workplace misconduct at the real estate agency, Foxton's.
1:44.7	Current and former Foxen employees have told Bloomberg about groping,
1:48.9	sexually explicit comments, offensive language, and drink driving at work.
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